Cadence Enables Aggressive Leap from 90nm to 40nm Technology

Published on December 8, 2009 at 8:57 AM

Cadence Design Systems,
Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS), the leader in global electronic design innovation,
today announced that Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (NASDAQ: AMCC) has selected
the Cadence® Encounter® Digital Implementation (EDI) System for its
large, complex advanced-node designs. EDI System joins other multiprocessing-capable
offerings in the AppliedMicro™ methodology to form a standardized design
infrastructure based set of tools.

Cadence’s Nanoroute routing enabled AppliedMicro to port its design from
a 90-nanometer process technology to 40 nanometers, while addressing advanced
techniques such as multi-cut vias and litho-aware routing.

“Last year, AppliedMicro brought us in to evaluate our Encounter RTL
Compiler and Conformal technologies, which were ideally suited for their needs,”
said David Desharnais, group director of Implementation Product Management at
Cadence. “This year, they decided to conduct a reevaluation of their entire
design flow, to ensure that they were getting the most efficient and robust
digital solution for their complex 40-nanometer designs. The selection of the
Cadence EDI System rounds out AppliedMicro’s design methodology, joining
the Cadence Virtuoso® custom IC solution and Cadence Allegro® PCB and
packaging technology to enable world class design solution for AppliedMicro.”